I made it

Just in case my mother checks this blog, I'd better let her know that I made it safely to Germany. (Obviously, since I am writing this) Now I can move on to other things...

I'll start at the beginning with the trip over: My flights over were pretty decent. I had window seats the whole way and I didn't have to sit next to anybody that was noisy or smelly, so that was very lucky. The only bad part was that my three flights to get here were all totally separate. They weren't connecting flights or anything like that so when I got to Frankfurt, most of the people that were continuing on got off the plane and went to another gate down the way to catch their next flight. Not me. I had to get off, go through customs, exit the security area and then turn around and get in line for the security checkpoint all over again so I could go back in and go to my next gate. I had about 5 hours between that flight so time was no issue, in fact it was excruciatingly slow. I could have rented a car and driven to Munich in that time but that would have nullified the return portion of my 'cheap' ticket so it wasn't an option. Besides, it was interesting to watch all of the Oktoberfest-crazed people on their way to Munich. From what I could tell, it was a lot of people from England. They dressed up in costume quality Leiderhosen and Heidi-esque outfits, complete with blond pig-tailed wigs. Since there were so many of them, I was relieved that I wasn't headed into the heart of that undoubtedly drunken mad house.

Mr X picked me up from the airport and we took off to Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg is a beautiful little town with a big cliff-faced looking wall surrounding part of the old town area. Mozart memorabilia is everywhere because they really try to milk that, but all in all, it is an adorable place. This was the second time I've stayed there. Both time have been short one night stays on the way to a bigger city. It is unfortunate in a sense because I'd like to spend more time exploring the city, but so far I haven't ventured past the Zentrum (city center). Last time we stayed there on our way to Prague and this time on our way to Vienna. Anyway, after exploring a bit we had a nice German/Austrian dinner at Mozart's Cafe. I had sausage and sauerkraut with a roll and Mr X had the wiener schnitzel and rice with a side salad. Then we wandered home, went to sleep (I was and still am sleep-deprived) and took off the next morning to Vienna. More on Vienna to come. (with lots of pictures too!)